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They had a council that made decisions for the whole of the tribe. This council usually consisted of five men of the tribe ranging from young adults to elders. When they combined with the Pima tribe they kept their government just added a few new members. This government is still in place today. The only difference is that they now have to have a President and Vice President to speak to those higher up in the government.

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The religion and beliefs of the Maricopa tribe was based on Animism that encompassed the spiritual or religious belief that the universe and all of nature: animals, plants, trees, rivers, mountains rocks etc have souls or spirits.

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The Maricopa are known for their basket weaving and textiles, but mostly, they are known for their red-on-redware pottery. Their traditional pottery practices had a revival from 1937 to 1940.

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The Maricopa were farming people. They planted fields of corn and beans. The men in the Maricopa tribes also hunted rabbits and small game and went fishing in the rivers, while the women gathered nuts, fruits, and herbs. Favorite Maricopa recipes included baked beans, hominy, and soups.

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Down2Earth 9.1 - Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Traditional Farming

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Down2Earth is a new environmental series that is broadcast on Canada's Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN). The series features Indigenous people from across Canada and around the globe who are using traditional knowledge and contemporary training to find solutions to environmental issues that are affecting their communities and territories.

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People in the Maricopa tribes did not wear much clothing at all. Men wore only loincloths and women wore knee-length skirts. Shirts were not necessary in their culture, but they sometimes wore rabbit-skin robes at night when the weather became cooler. After the Europeans arrived, the Maricopa people began to adapt some of the Mexican fashions such as cotton blouses. Unlike most Native American tribes, the Maricopa tribes never wore moccasins. They either went barefoot or wore sandals.

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Maricopa people lived in earth houses, which were made of wooden frames thatched with grass and packed with clay into a domed shape.

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The Maricopa originated in the early 16th century as small groups that lived on the banks of the olorado river. Somewhere in the middle of the 16th century they moved to an area by the Gila river, to avoid attacks of the Quechan and Mojave people. In the 1840s sickness took a great toll on the tribe. In the 19th century, the Maricopa formed a confederation with the Pima, and in 1857 they defeated the Quechan and the Mojave. They became great farmers and in 1870 they harvested 3 million pounds of wheat. However in the years after there was a widespread drought and water division that caused crop failure.

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The Maricopa Indian tribe lived in what was known as the Southwest region. They live in the very bottom left corner of Arizona almost at the Mexican border.